Mineral Solubilities: Measurement and Modelling
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (27 September 2019) | Viewed by 147
Special Issue Editor
Interests: solubility phenomena-measurement and modelling; physicochemical properties of electrolyte solutions; computer modelling and databases; chemical speciation and solubility in biological fluids; thermodynamic properties of arsenic and molybdenum compounds; thermodynamic modelling in extractive metallurgy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mineral solubilities are of high relevance to areas as diverse as geochemistry, mining engineering, hydrometallurgy, nuclear waste disposal, materials synthesis, environmental and biological sciences, to name just a few. Accurate solubility data are also required to derive thermodynamic properties of minerals. For this Special Issue, high-quality contributions are invited that cover all aspects of solubility measurements of minerals (and biominerals) in aqueous systems, including innovative experimental techniques and apparatus for measurements over wide ranges of conditions. Both new and traditional approaches to the modelling of mineral solubilities are welcome, ideally (but not necessarily) in conjunction with an experimental study. Papers dealing with the measurement and modelling of solid-solution solubilities are especially welcome. Studies applying new data and models for mineral solubilities to natural, industrial or biological processes are also encouraged.
Dr. Erich Königsberger
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- mineral solubilities
- temperature dependence
- solid solutions
- biominerals
- instrumentation
- thermodynamic data and modelling
- theoretical simulations
- applications
